The Hunting Lodge Home Block Chardonnay 2022

The sixth release there 14-year-old Chardonnay vines conveys elegant words spoken with a firm voice. 2022 was there greatest vintage to date at The Hunting Lodge. Warm, dry conditions allowed us to pick the Chardonnay at perfect ripeness.

The Waimauku Clay Soils of our Home Block have produced a Chardonnay with layers of baked nectarine, burnt butter and gunflint with a slightly assertive structure.

Curated with fine French oak, this provides a bold framework for the layers of interest. Hints of Lemon curd and hazelnut further add to the array of flavour and minerality, all sewn together by fine acidity which provides length and persistence.

This has been a labour of love from the vineyard through to the bottle. 

Awards & Accolades:

Excellent - 93 Points Cameron Douglas, Bronze New Zealand International Wine Show